It's one thing to disagree with a element of the game, it's something completely different to actually threaten developers. Anyone who's been around for a while on these boards will no just how stupid some of the members act. I remember back when Black Ops II first launched how insane these boards got with little kids demanding class action lawsuits, threats, and generalized insults calling the developers every asterisk laden word in book.

There have been many theads addressing this, however they really don't mean much. Most of the community who consistently vist this forum are among the mature crowd. Where I see the most immaurity is within the 1 posters who come to board, unleash a long winded, incoherent rant then leave to never come back.

I call upon all the forum members (including myself) to start taking more care with their posts, and continue to be a good leaders. It can be hard sometimes, but it's the forum vets responsibility lead by example.

I had to laugh, it was only the other day a poster was inquiring about taking legal action against the developers. The trouble is, people take things far too seriously, forgetting it is after all.... A game.

Sadly we also live in the age of the troll, an age where those who have nothing to say or offer of any use, desperately seek notoriety through the only thing they can do.... Destroy what others love and enjoy

I call upon all the forum members (including myself) to start taking more care with their posts, and continue to be a good leaders. It can be hard sometimes, but it's the forum vets responsibility lead by example.

I understand where you're coming from here, and like TBD I agree. But as you note in your post, most of the extremely vitriolic posts are from either trolls or one-and-done posters.

Their object isn't to treat the message boards like a "normal" poster would, so I think it becomes very difficult or even impossible to influence the way they act. I don't think I can remember reading a post by a forum regular that trends even slightly towards what Activision is talking about regarding the threats.

That being said, I think there are plenty of examples where even regular posters are too quick to anger, or jump all over people for certain things (I know I've done this). A little more civility certainly couldn't hurt.

My rule of thumb is usually: If I'm angry enough that I would put down the controller and walk away from the game, I shouldn't post on the forums either

I had to laugh, it was only the other day a poster was inquiring about taking legal action against the developers. The trouble is, people take things far too seriously, forgetting it is after all.... A game.

Sadly we also live in the age of the troll, an age where those who have nothing to say or offer of any use, desperately seek notoriety through the only thing they can do.... Destroy what others love and enjoy

Yeah, what this dude said!

I'm pretty sure this is not the first time this has happened, this stems all way back to the WAW days and the Tanks in HC as well as the MP-40. Poor JD_2020 probably still has the shakes from all of this.

I think growth is part of it. But I also think Activision themselves are also responsible. They have been slowly targeting younger and younger players for the last couple years. If you try to attract a younger crowd, you are going to get immature feedback. Particularly in this age of Twatter , and Facebook and whatever.